Get Mahoney!: A Hollywood Insider's Memoir

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It taught me that even the icons have basic needs and get thirsty once in a while, and that initiation with Hollywood’s elite proved invaluable later on in life when I had to approach them on more serious business matters. Highly recommended if you love old Hollywood dirt and the way things worked when the studio system went down and all the superstars had to fend for themselves when it came to publicity.

I say "accidental" in my headline because I had no idea this book existed and just stumbled on it in the book listings. My job as a Hollywood press agent was to polish stars and make sure they continue to shine brightly. From Gable to Garland, from The Stones to Sinatra, my job was to keep the sweet smell of success from turning into the foul stench of scandal,” Mahoney commented for the book. He knows all the tricks of the trade and he's finally spilling the beans in his new book, Get Mahoney!Creativity always counted, but you also needed a sense of timing, and a “gut instinct” about what was news. A short time later, he was handling some of the biggest movies and documentaries ever ( Star Wars and The Last Waltz) and the biggest recording artists in the industry, Neil Diamond, Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, and eventually U2 and dozens more. There were also local columnists, like Shirly Eder (Detroit Free Press), Herb Caen (San Francisco Chronicle) and Cindy Adams (New York Post).

At times he could be a great guy, and in fact, I’m godfather to one of his kids, so there’s no disrespect meant. But the remake would feature James Garner, another client of mine, and McQueen, and would be produced by Marty.This energetic memoir is bursting with other celebrity anecdotes, as when he describes the MGM commissary: “There were Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford and Van Johnson at one table…Marilyn Monroe, Jane Powell, and Ann Miller sat behind them. The poetry (more accurately described as italicized notes-to-self with line breaks) remains strewn liberally through the pages, often summarizing the takeaway or the emotional impact of the events described: "I was / and still am / an exceptionally / easy target.